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Discover sea fishing in Winterbourne Steepleton, Dorset with fast access to Dragon's Teeth Abbotsbury, Abbotsbury Beach and West Bexington. Expect in season. Each mark lists distance from Winterbourne Steepleton, terrain and methods so you can pick a venue that matches today’s tide and conditions.
8.7 miles from Winterbourne Steepleton
A rugged rocky headland east of Weymouth between Bowleaze Cove and Osmington Mills, Redcliff Point offers kelp-filled gullies, ledges and mixed rough ground dropping into 3–10 m. It fishes best on a flooding tide from late spring to autumn for wrasse and summer pelagics, with dusk into darkness producing pout,...
8.8 miles from Winterbourne Steepleton
Sheltered shingle-and-sand on the Portland Harbour side at Ferrybridge (Smallmouth Bay), with easy parking and level access. Clean-to-mixed ground with patches of boulders; best on a flooding tide and into dusk when baitfish push in. Suits light ledgering, float tactics and small metals/feathers. Summer brings mackerel, scad, garfish and mullet;...
8.9 miles from Winterbourne Steepleton
A well-known tidal bottleneck where the Fleet Lagoon meets Portland Harbour beside the A354 bridge. Expect a strong tidal run, clear water on neaps, and a clean-sand channel bordered by mixed ground and lagoon shallows. Best results come on the flood and first of the ebb; slack can be quiet....
8.9 miles from Winterbourne Steepleton
Rocky limestone ledges and gullies between Osmington Mills and Ringstead Bay. The mark gives quick access to mixed rough ground with kelp and broken reef, producing consistent sport through the warmer months. Best fished on a flooding tide into high and the first of the ebb; depth drops off fairly...
9.3 miles from Winterbourne Steepleton
The Ferrybridge end of Chesil Beach is an easily reached shingle bank beside the causeway to Portland. The steeply shelving beach gives quick access to depth with a strong tidal run influenced by the Fleet outflow and Portland Harbour. It produces summer pelagics at dawn/dusk, bass in surfy conditions, spring...
9.4 miles from Winterbourne Steepleton
A steeply shelving shingle section of Chesil between West Bay and Burton Bradstock, with deep water close in. Best on a flooding tide into dusk and after dark. Summer brings mackerel, bass, scad, garfish and smoothhounds; rays are possible, and winter sees whiting and pouting with the chance of a...
